Martin Luther King was raised in a middle class home where his parents knew the value of a good education. Martin completed K-12 schooling by the age of 15 years old and began to study ministry and was also enrolled in college. By the end of his senior year he told his dad he wanted to be a part of the ministry. His dad, Michael King Sr., was a pastor and later adopted the name Martin Luther King Sr. when he became a successful minister. Martin Luther King Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps and became a pastor as well.
They both wanted change and equality, but they had different views about how to go about getting it. Both, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were born in the early 20’s to fathers that were prevalent in the community. Martin’s father was a reverend of his own Baptist church. He believed in education and instilled the importance of it into his children. Malcolm’s father was a Baptist lay speaker.
Throughout all the obstacles he was faced with he was able to shed light on the situation and the treatment of African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. was born into a middle class family on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was Martin Luther King Sr. and his mother was Alberta Williams King. King parents where big disciplinarian that believed that this would teach their kids to be respectful and grateful for everything in life. King attended a segregated public school in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen and received his B.
How did Martin Luther King show he believed in justice? In this essay I am going to show how Martin Luther King worked all his life to give black people justice – fair treatment. Martin Luther King was born on 15th January 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia in the heart of South America. His dad was a priest and he later on followed in his footsteps after he was educated at Atlanta university laboratory high school, Washington high school and then Morehouse College later studying at Crozer University. Martin was a well behaved young boy and believed in justice for black people through non-violent protests and messages from god.
Erica Dickerson Due: 4/24/2011 MLK Special Topics Term Paper Martin Luther King Jr. was raised in the church ever since he was a little boy and growing up surrounded by a father and grandfather who are preachers it’s no denying that he would be actively involved in the church. Throughout the years he became further interested in the church that he joined the ministry and later became Co-Pastor, alongside his father, at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Ave in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended the Rising Sons Sunday School Program as a youth, which was taught by one of the prominent men that influenced his young life, Rev. J. H. Edwards (Miller). This African American folk preaching style influenced, as well as the influences of the teachings of the Greek philosophies learned at the Universities he attended rounded the orating styles of his speeches.
Malcolm’s parents were also very loving, Louise, his mother, was a home maker and Earl, his father, was a preacher who was also an active member of the local chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the avid supporter of the black nationalist leader, Marcus Garvey. Martin Jr. had a good relationship with his parents, but he wanted to please his father so he went into a career as a minister. Malcolm on the other hand had a different relationship with his parents, when his father died he
It took a very charismatic and influential figure to organise this and keep it going for a whole year, as it was very inconvenient for black people at the time. However, even after the victory that came after the bus boycott, King would not settle. He set up the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He also led a variety of campaigns, for example the marches on Washington and Birmingham. The speeches that King made were very emotive, and encouraged many white Americans to start supporting the campaign.
However, just because you forgive does not mean you should forget. Taking in what you experienced and learning from it, is the most crucial part to emotional and spiritual growth. One person that constantly modeled forgiveness and whom has always inspired me would be, Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a Baptist minister. King became a civil rights activist early on in his career.
He was 9 years old when the civil war ended. In brief, education was so important to him so Booker would go to school at 4:00 in the morning and go to work after school. He learned the virtues of cleanliness, frugality, and personnel from the white family he served. After being one of the four million blacks being emancipated, Booker, his family and new step-father, moved to Malden, West Virginia to start a new, safe, and hopefully happy life. During Booker’s life, many events involved with civil
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last speech before his death saying the following “Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead, but it doesn't matter with me now because I've been to the mountaintop and I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life and longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will and He's allowed me to go up to the mountain and I've looked over and I've seen the Promised Land.